Carpet sample book binder

ABSTRACT

A stiff one-piece cover is folded to provide a bottom or back portion, an upstanding edge portion and a narrow top flap which leaves the samples exposed to view at all times. A button bar has posts which slidingly telescope into tubular posts on the back portion of the cover. The samples are apertured to receive the posts. The button bar is equipped with turn buttons having transversely elongated heads which are received through elongated openings in the top flap and then rotated 90* to hold all the parts in assembled relation. When the turn buttons are released from the top flap, the button bar is freed for removal from the hollow posts. A sample may be conveniently removed or replaced at any depth in the pile by grasping a top portion of the pile and lifting the top portion and button bar off the posts which still retain the lower portion of the pile. In one embodiment separate button bars are provided for a plurality of piles of samples so that a sample may be removed from any pile without disturbing the other piles. In this embodiment one large sample overlies the button bars and the piles of small samples and is confined individually between the button bar and the top flap of the cover member.

Angle 3,822,099 July 2, 1974 1 CARPET SAMPLE BOOK BINDER [76] Inventor:De Lorius M. Angle, 12524 SW. Boones Ferry Rd, Lake Oswego, Oreg. 97034[22] Filed: May 2, 1973 [2]] Appl. No.: 356,623

[52] US. Cl 402/47, 281/16, 402/74, 402/68, 402/80 R [51] Int. Cl. 842i3/04, 1342f 13/32 [58] Field of Search 402/46, 47, 48, 52, 54, 402/56,58, 68, 73,80 R; 281/16, 17; 35/55 56] References Cited UNITED STATESPATENTS 317,856 5/1885 Roach et a1 402/69 X 2,338,532 l/1944 Page 402/60X 2,886,039 5/1959 Lotter 402/56 3,221,751 12/1965 Brandon 281/17 X3,312,513 4/1967 Barker 402/68 X 3,631,975 1/1972 Leibowitz ..28l/ l6 XFOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 129,016 12/1928 Switzerland 402/47650,719 9/1937 Germany 402/47 17,119 0/1911 Great Britain 402/47 626,7767/1949 Great Britain 402/46 441,271 3/1927 Germany 281/16 PrimaryExaminer-Jerome Schnall Attorney, Agent, or FirmLee R. Schermerhorn [571 ABSTRACT A stiff one-piece cover is folded! to provide a bottom orback portion, an upstanding; edge portion and a narrow top flap whichleaves the samples exposed to view at all times. A button bar has postswhich slidingly telescope into tubular posts on the back portion of thecover. The samples are apertured to receive the posts. The button bar isequipped with turn buttons having transversely elongated heads which arereceived through elongated openings in the top flap and then rotated 90to hold all the parts in assembled relation. When the turn buttons arereleased from the top flap, the button bar is freed for removal from thehollow posts. A sample may be conveniently removed or replaced at anydepth in the pile by grasping a top portion of the pile and lifting thetop portion and button bar off the posts which still retain the lowerportion of the pile.

In one embodiment separate button bars are provided fora plurality ofpiles of samples so that a sample may be removed from any pile withoutdisturbing the other piles. In this embodiment one large sample overliesthe button bars and the piles of small samples and is confinedindividually between the button bar and the top flap of the covermember.

1 Claim, 7 Drawing Figures PATENTEBJUL' 2 1914 SHEET 2 0F 2 BACKGROUNDOF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a sample book binder forspecimens of carpets, fabrics, wallpaper and the like.

Devices heretofore proposed for this purpose have generally been adaptedfrom loose leaf ledgers and the like and are not well suited for thebinding and display of samples of heavy materials such as carpets andfabrics. Such samples are continually being removed from the book binderand replaced therein, most often at some depth in the pile. Ledger-typebinders are not intended for this type of service.

Objects of the invention are, therefore, to provide an improved samplebook binder for carpets, fabrics and wallpaper, to provide a sample bookbinder of the type described which facilitates the removal andreplacement of samples from intermediate and lower positions in thepile, to provide a sample book binder having a button bar detachablyconnected by turn buttons with a top flap on a cover member, and toprovide a sample book binder arranged to hold a plurality of piles ofsamples side by side.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the present construction, a one-piece covermember has a back or bottom portion, an upstanding edge portion and anarrow top flap, leaving the samples exposed to view. Tubular posts onthe back portion slidably and telescopically receive posts on a buttonbar, the samples being apertured to receive said posts. Transverselyelongated turn buttons on the button bar are inserted through elongatedopenings in the top flap and rotated 90 to hold all the parts inassembled relation. When the turn buttons are released from the topflap, the button bar and a top portion of the pile of samples mayconveniently be lifted off the tubular posts to provide ready access toa sample in an intermediate or lower portion of the pile.

In one embodiment there is a plurality of button bars to secure aplurality of piles of samples side by side in such a manner that asample may be removed from one of the piles without disturbing the otherpiles. In this embodiment, provision is made for a single large sampleto overlie all of the piles and be secured between the button bars andthe top flap of the cover member.

The invention will be better understood and additional objects andadvantages will become apparent from the following description of thepreferred embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Variouschanges may be made in the details of construction and arrangement ofparts and certain features may be used without others. All suchmodifications within the scope of the appended claims are included inthe invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view, withparts broken away, of a first embodiment of sample book binderillustrating the principles of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a view on the line 2 -2 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation view illustrating the operationof the device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view showing the top sample overlying abutton bar;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a modification;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of the binder in FIG. 5, withparts broken away; and

FIG. 7 is a view on the line 77 in FIG. 6.

DESCRIPIION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In FIG. 1, a stiff cover member10 has a back or bottom portion 11, an upstanding edge portion 12 and anarrow top flap 13 hingedly connected together on flexible fold lines 14and 15. A fold line may also be provided at 16. Secured to bottomportion 11 a short distance from edge portion 12 is a binder bar 20supporting a plurality of upstanding tubular posts 21.

In the present illustration there are six tubular posts 21, only two ofwhich are visible. The first two posts 21 are adapted to receive a firstpile of samples at a vacant space A, which pile has been removed toillustrate the construction. In a similar manner, the third and fourthposts on bar 20 receive a second pile of samples B and the fifth andsixth posts receive a third pile of samples C. The samples are allapertured to fit the pairs of posts 21.

The first pair of posts 21 slidably and telescopically receive a pair ofposts 22 on the under side of a first button bar 25, the third andfourth posts 21 similarly receive a pair of posts 22 on a second buttonbar 26 and the fifth and sixth posts 21 similarly receive a pair ofposts 22 on a third button bar 27.

Mounted in the center of each button bar 25, 26 and 27 is a turn button30. Each turn button 30 has a transversely elongated head 31 which maybe inserted through an elongated hole 32 in top flap 13. Each turnbutton also has a cylindrical shank 33 which is rotatable in a hole inits button bar and the lower end of each shank 33 is provided with asuitable retainer or keeper 34 to secure the turn button in the buttonbar. The lower ends of shanks 33 frictionally engage the samples toprevent casual rotation of the turn buttons.

The elongated holes 32 are perpendicular to hinge line 15 whereby theheads 31 of the turn buttons are insertable through holes 32 when theheads are likewise turned to positions perpendicular to hinge line 15.Then, by turning heads 31 parallel with hinge line 15, top flap 13 issecured to the three button bars 25, 26 and 27. The button bars beingclose to edge portion 12 and hinge line 15, the flap 13 will not riseenough to permit disengagement of posts 22 from posts 21 whereby thebuttons 30 are effective to hold all the parts in assembled relationwithout the necessity for anchoring any of the upper parts to posts 21or binder bar 20. When turn buttons 30 are properly secured, each post22 can rise only a negligible amount within its associated post 21.

Shanks 33 on the turn buttons 30 are of sufficient length to accommodatethe thickness of a large sample S between the button bars 25, 26 and 27and the under side of top flap 13. As shown in FIG. 4, top sample S isprovided with three holes 35 elongated in the direction of the buttonbars for insertion of the three turn buttons 30. When the turn buttonsare turned crosswise of the button bars, they temporarily secure thesample S and are in position for insertion through holes 32 of top flap13. In the reverse operation, when the turn buttons are turned torelease top flap 13, they still retain top sample S on the button bars.Sample S overlies all three piles A, B and C of the small samples.

When it is desired to remove a sample from an intermediate position inone of the piles, the three turn buttons 30 are rotated 90 to releasetop flap 13, then turned 90 to release top sample S. Then the samplesoverlying the one desired may be gripped together and removed in a groupalong with the button bar on that pile to make the intermediate sampleavailable as shown in FIG. 3. By reversing these operations, thewithdrawn sample may be readily returned to its original position in thepile.

Edge portion 12 is equipped with a suitcase handle 37 for carrying thesamples in vertical position and back member 11 is provided with holes38 for hanging the book in vertical position on pins on a wall. FIGS. 5,6 and 7 illustrate a modification in a smaller size adapted to hold asingle pile of samples P. In this construction there is no top sampleabove the single button bar 40 and the turn button shanks 41 are only ofsufficient length above the button bar to accommodate the thickness oftop flap 13. Keeper 42 on each turn button is elongated to enhance itsfrictional engagement with the top sample and prevent accidentalrotation and release of top flap 13.

The remaining features of the mofification in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 are thesame as the first embodiment and are identified by the same referencenumerals. There are three posts 21 and 22 and two turn buttons 30.

Having now described my invention and in what manner the same may beused, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

l. A book binder for carpet samples and the like comprising a bottomcover member, an edge flap having one edge hinged to said cover member,a top flap hinged at an edge to an edge of said edge flap opposite saidone edge, a plurality of pairs of bottom posts on said bottom covermember arranged to receive a pile of apertured samples on each pair ofsaid posts with said piles in side by side relation, a separate buttonbar arranged to overlie the top of each of said piles of samples, a pairof top posts on the underside of each button bar having telescopicsliding engagement with a pair of said bottom posts, a turn buttonhaving a transversely elongated head on a rotatable shank in each ofsaid button bars, the lower ends of said shanks projecting below thebottom of said button bars being arranged to bear against the tops ofsaid piles of samples to prevent casual rotation of the turn buttons,said heads being insertable through elongated button holes in said topflap portion of said cover member, and said shanks being elongated toprovide a space between said button bars and said top flap when the topflap is below said heads, a sample sheet disposed in said space havingelongated holes to receive said elongated heads and shanks, said buttonsholding all of said samples in said binder and release of said buttonsfrom said top flap releasing said top flap from said button bars andposts and releasing all of said samples.

1. A book binder for carpet samples and the like comprising a bottomcover member, an edge flap having one edge hinged to said cover member,a top flap hinged at an edge to an edge of said edge flap opposite saidone edge, a plurality of pairs of bottom posts on said bottom covermember arranged to receive a pile of apertured samples on each pair ofsaid posts with said piles in side by side relation, a separate buttonbar arranged to overlie the top of each of said piles of samples, a pairof top posts on the underside of each button bar having telescopicsliding engagement with a pair of said bottom posts, a turn buttonhaving a transversely elongated head on a rotatable shank in each ofsaid button bars, the lower ends of said shanks projecting below thebottom of said button bars being arranged to bear against the tops ofsaid piles of samples to prevent casual rotation of the turn buttons,said heads being insertable through elongated button holes in said topflap portion of said cover member, and said shanks being elongated toprovide a space between said button bars and said top flap when the topflap is below said heads, a sample sheet disposed in said space havingelongated holes to receive said elongated heads and shanks, said buttonsholding all of said samples in said binder and release of said buttonsfrom said top flap releasing said top flap from said button bars andposts and releasing all of said samples.